Friday, January 25, 2013

More #Pelicanfacts

I'm still a little meh about these logos. They look like a committee got together and worked on the way to offend the fewest people. This sort of thing always results in something unremarkable and this is what we have here.

The whole reason we loved the Pelicans name was the brilliance of having
a team named the Pelicans next to teams like the WOLVES and THUNDER and
GRIZZLIES. The Pelicans were just ridiculous and lovable enough to be
perfect for a pro basketball team in New Orleans. And now they're trying
to get tough and serious-looking all of a sudden?

Sharp even references my favorite of the many many proposed amateur designs.

That's a design by Chris Giorgio. He later re-worked it a bit when we learned what the colors were going to be. I like that version too but his original is better. It would have become an instantly distinguished brand. If city's team should be willing to embrace something offbeat, it's New Orleans's team, right?

Sharp adds:

Look at that New Orleans Pelican! That's the goofy ass Pelican we wanted
all along. That's an ABA Pelican right there. What we have now is
something like an XFL Pelican, menacing us with its evil glare,
pretending to be ruthless, pretending that sports are serious. It sort
of undermines the entire idea of naming a team the Pelicans, right?